Carol Ann Duffy's Shore 2 Shore is back for 2018! Atkinson-Pryce Books in Biggar hosts Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, accompanied by Scots Makar Jackie Kay, Imtiaz Dharker, Gillian Clarke, musician John Sampson and local guest poet Gerda Stevenson to celebrate Independent Bookshop Week. The poets are touring Britain, performing …
The Cobourg Literary Mosh Pit celebrates three great new books by authors from Halifax, Kingston and Toronto - Jaime Forsythe, Jason Heroux and Steve Venright. The event is hosted by Cobourg's own Stuart Ross, who edited all three of these books, two of them for his new poetry imprint "a …
Toronto Poetry Slam is back with another high-energy spoken word battle-concert, and this time they're featuring at trio of talented poets reppin B.C. The Tiny Tricycle Poets are three wheels eager for playfulness, brought to life in Vancouver, BC. They are made up of a National Slam Champion, a Provincial …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …